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The Bow Health & Education Policy Committee has today published a new target policy paper, "Obesity Epidemic - Paranoia or Evidence Based?" It assesses current predictions indicating that 60% of the UK population will be classified as clinically...

The argument for a UK HSR network requires an integrated intermodal transport and spatial planning policy context, tested through the democratic process. Policy objectives might include assisting modal shift from both road and air to rail, enabling...

In February 2011, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee submitted written evidence as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Primary Care and Public Health's special inquiry into the Government's public health White...

On 30th November 2010, the Coalition Government published its eagerly anticipated White Paper on public health, ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our Strategy for Public Health in England’. The near 100 page document – significantly more bulky...

Writing in Crossbow Chris White MP explains how the Coalition will deliver fairness in International Development. The full article can be downloaded below. The Bow Group's Foreign Affairs event with Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP, Minister of...

On Thursday 10th March, Stuart Carroll, the Chairman of the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee, presented his perspective on the UK Government’s value-based pricing (VBP) policy for drugs and pharmaceuticals in front of an expert...

Writing in Crossbow, Toby Young explains how Free Schools can help deliver a fairer society. The full article can be downloaded here. The Bow Group's Free Schools debate with Toby Young and Graham Brady MP will take place on Tuesday 8th...

On Friday 11th February, the Bow Group Health & Education Policy Committee submitted written evidence as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Primary Care and Public Health's special inquiry into the Government's public health...

In December 2009, the Macdonald Report that looked at health education concluded "it is essential for all children and young people to have an entitlement to a common core of knowledge, skills and understanding in PSHE [Personal, Social, Health and...

Responding to the new White Paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health in England, the Bow Group Health Policy Committee welcomes much of the radical blueprint to promote public health and wellbeing across the country. The...

The Coalition Government has rightly identified export-led growth as one of the key planks of its plan to reinvigorate the UK economy in the wake of the Comprehensive Spending Review.As Germany's experience demonstrates, the export-led model...

The most common and advanced forms of renewable energy are characterised by their intermittent nature. Put simply, the energy harvested from, for example a wind turbine or solar panel, is only available when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining...

Despite the Coalition Government’s pledge to ring-fence the healthcare budget, the NHS is facing sustained financial retrenchment and increased user demand. Against the backdrop of the UK’s parlous public finances, it is vital all aspects of...

On 12th July 2010, the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley MP, announced the publication of the Government's flagship Health White Paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS'.The 57 page document outlines a vision of...

Britain needs to build a considerable 8GW of new renewable electricity generation in under ten years in order to meet legally binding green energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets. The Bow Group believes that if Britain is to avoid a...

• At the Conservative Party conference in October 2009 Owen Paterson MP, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that should the Conservative Party win the next general election they would look to develop Northern...

Analysis of the Quality and Outcomes Framework Report for the NHS. This policy paper evaluates the progress that QOF has made since its introduction and considers the different ways in which the QOF can be reformed. It specifically...

For the last four months the Bow Group's Transport Committee has analysed the various proposals which have been submitted to the Government to build the next phase of high speed rail (HS2) in Britain, connecting London with Birmingham and the north....

This pamphlet will looks at the main departmental budgets and identify what the Government is spending, how much they think they need to cut to balance the books, and what can be done to deliver greater efficiencies and value for money without...

Including contributions from Sir Andrew Dillon, Dr. Richard Barker and Dr. Bill Moyes.In our research piece published today, we apply David Cameron's criteria to each of the key health agencies and bodies in the UK to better understand which health...

By 2025 the number of people aged 85 or older in England is set to increase by 70% to nearly two million. In this group more than a third of men (37%) and more than half of women (55%) live alone. Most have a limiting long term illness.Responding to...

Today we are publishing a paper by Nick Cuff and William Smith on planning and urban design. The paper argues that house building is being plagued by a system of box ticking, gold plating and target setting at a time when the recession is cutting...